Re: [gnso-dow123] Revised Preliminary Task Force Report on Whois Services

[Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jordyn/Maria;

This particular phrase keeps changing back and forth between "could"  
and "should". I don't believe that we have consensus that awareness  
of the contact types *should* be approved, in fact I and others have  
spoken against this type of activity being included in policy on  
grounds that ICANN consumer protection or consumer awareness are not  
within ICANN's scope. The last version said "could", this version  
says "should".

From what I can tell from the redline history, this was changed  
pursuant to Steve's draft after the earlier changes were reviewed and  
accepted by the TF on the call two weeks ago. I don't believe that  
this last change was discussed before it was accepted and merged into  
the draft we have before us.

My strong preference would be to revert back to the prior language  
that "awareness of registrants about the contacts could be  
improved..." on the basis that it is more consistent with the TF  
discussions and the text that immediately follows the statement.

"The task force generally agreed that awareness of registrants about  
the contacts should be improved, especially if a different type of  
contact – the OPoC – was introduced."

Were there some level of agreement to the proposal that the  
registrars floated that consumer awareness about the new policy be  
conducted through the implementation of best practices at the  
registrar level as we have done in the past, then we could probably  
support changing this statement to "should", but until there is some  
agreement on the tactics, I don't believe that we can move on to  
making the statement that we *should* raise awareness.

Thanks,

-ross

On 16-Nov-06, at 3:53 PM, Maria Farrell wrote:

> Dear task force members,
>
> Attached is the revised Preliminary Task Force Report on Whois  
> Services ahead of the scheduled vote on the report during next  
> Monday's call (20 November).
>
> There are two versions; one with changes marked, and a clean version.
>
> All the best, Maria
> <Preliminary TF Report on Whois Services DRAFT 5 changes marked.doc>
> <Preliminary TF Report on Whois Services DRAFT 5 CLEAN.doc>